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I think Rank Specials are level 6, not 5, Obsidian.

Level 5 is where Exceptional Producers, Exceptionally Perfects, Exceptional Showers, and some rarer gene combinations are found.

About Consistency

This has to do with training and showing. Every time a horse is created it will have a randomly generated base show score, usually between 0 and 9. Each time it is trained, it will add a certain number of points to its base show score. Consistency is a mark of how much its score in a given show varies from that base.

Horses that test consistent may have the same score both times they show in a given week. Their scores may also be plus/minus 1 or 2, meaning that they may have a score that ranges above and below that base by 1 or 2 points.

In effect, a horse that is +/- 1 has the possibility of scores that range over 3 points. If the base score is 24, it may score 23, 24, or 25. If it is +/-2, the scores may range from 22, 23, 24, 25, 26.

Inconsistent horses scores have the potential to range even more widely, making it hard to predict what they will score in a given class.

The variation is random every show.

Consistency is somewhat inheritable. This means that consistent parents are more likely to have consistent offspring, but they can have inconsistent ones occasionally. Inconsistent horses are more likely to have inconsistent offspring, but may have consistent one occasionally.

Inconsistency lowers the PT score.